Sound Breath, all those people who could benefit from his teaching, leaving no field for divisions like friend-enemy. Thanks to the Palestinian and Arab, Americans and all! “Discrimination is the base of our suffering.” Thich Nhat Hanh. Fuki, this caught my eye on the website of Plumvillage: "The en...

Hello, Thank you for sharing this, Sound Breath. :smile: His teachings are touching simplicity, which is compassionate. He is well respected by teachers of other traditions. I would say there is a forum Thien, in which you could as well post his teachings, but since he seems very much to teach in a ...

I hope all you dog lovers clean up after your pets, don't let them bark all night, don't assume that everyone loves them as much as you do, and don't let them off the leash in the back country. Otherwise, they are no more than extensions of your selfish egos. So there. Fully agreed! My extension is...

I was reading yesterday about a mission in an isolate volcanic area on Hawaii. People try to find out how life on Mars could be in order to prepare them. One important point was that they had to fully care for each other, for all, without any exception. Without that, the whole group would suffer and...

The wind does not discriminate it does not blow for anyone in particular but for the entire manifestation. Ah! Apologies if the quotes are misinterpretated by folks and enhances any emotional conflicts or existential crisis. Reminds me on something. You are not bound by perceiving, But by clinging ...

Throw them a cup of cold water over their head! Oops! How others act to us is their karma, not ours. How we act is ours. I now remember these words: see them as your injured parents or injured children, now in such an unfortunate state. Sometimes, there is no way to interact with dialogue. Whether t...

No, it is realising the unconditioned, the unborn, the unmade, just as all the texts say. But that is ‘un-knowing’, as the Zen teachers instruct. ‘He that knows it, knows it not’. Descartes was actually on his way towards realising that but I think Western philosophy lost the thread somewhere along...

the last word, 'exists', is a bit problematic. It is not a problem with the original text, but a limitation of modern English. In modern English, 'what is', and 'what exists', are understood to be the same. But this doesn't allow for the transcendent nature of non-dual reality. Non-dual reality is ...

Thanks for all clarifications about solipsism. I see the value in this in order to eradicate confusion! As the mind only is been mentioned, I agree, it needs contemplation-meditation- guidance. Thanks! Ascertaining the View: The confused appearances of habitual tendencies are devoid of inherent natu...

I come back with some of Jetsunma's words here: "To me the dakini principle stands for the intuitive force. Women.............they’re not interested in intellectual discussion which they normally find dry and cold with minimum appeal. " Perhaps we can see so: the intellectual approaches have their ...

Compassion and solipsism can’t possibly co-exist, if you think about it. Yes, it cannot. And this is not what is meant with inseparable, all inclusive or all encompassing. Maybe an inspiration: Not to know the equality of appearance emptiness And get attached to appearances alone is delusion But to...

This is a heavily male-dominated forum, where female points of view are not discussed, where only a male mode of debate is practised, and where, as a result, women do not feel welcome. Yes. Of course nature of mind is not female nor male, still the body-mind is tool-vehicle to go beyond and so ther...

Solipsism = the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. You are the center of the universe and everything else doesn't exist only you. This is against The Buddhas teaching yes? Wow. This is great post. Sounds like mind disconnected from heart, so to speak. Some quotes which ...